Winter tyre test 225/40 R18 - Sportauto 2023

225/40 R18 - 2023

Winner

Bridgestone

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Best Value

hankook

Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330

Test Vehicle

audi Audi S3

Tested tyres

9

1

1

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Very good

£187
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92V · £154

Wet

Wet Braking#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling#1/9

Wet Handling Measured#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Aquaplaning Cross#4/9

Dry

Dry Handling#4/9

Dry Lane Change#4/9

Dry Steering Reaction#4/9

Dry Braking#5/9

Dry Handling Measured#7/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

Snow

Snow Braking Abs#1/9

Snow Handling Measured#1/9

Snow Handling#2/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Circle Cornering#8/9

2

2

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3

Rating: Very good

£140
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92W · £150

Wet

Wet Handling#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#2/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Handling Measured#3/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Steering Reaction#2/9

Dry Handling Measured#3/9

Dry Lane Change#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Snow

Snow Braking Abs#1/9

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Handling#6/9

Snow Circle Cornering#7/9

Snow Handling Measured#7/9

3

3

Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5

Rating: Very good

£164
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92W · £147

Wet

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Handling#3/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9

Wet Handling Measured#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Lane Change#1/9

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Handling Measured#2/9

Dry Steering Reaction#2/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Snow

Snow Braking Abs#1/9

Snow Handling Measured#1/9

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Circle Cornering#3/9

Snow Handling#3/9

4

4

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Rating: Very good

£147
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92W · £170

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#4/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9

Wet Handling Measured#5/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Dry

Dry Handling#1/9

Dry Handling Measured#1/9

Dry Lane Change#1/9

Dry Steering Reaction#1/9

Dry Braking#5/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

Snow

Snow Braking Abs#1/9

Snow Circle Cornering#3/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Handling Measured#5/9

Snow Handling#6/9

5

5

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Good

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling Measured#1/9

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Handling#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#3/9

Dry Handling#4/9

Dry Lane Change#4/9

Dry Braking#5/9

Dry Steering Reaction#8/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#3/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Braking Abs#5/9

Snow Handling Measured#5/9

Snow Handling#6/9

6

6

Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330

Rating: Good

£132
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92V · £111

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Wet Handling#9/9

Wet Handling Measured#9/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling Measured#3/9

Dry Handling#4/9

Dry Lane Change#4/9

Dry Steering Reaction#4/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#1/9

Snow Handling#3/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Braking Abs#5/9

Snow Circle Cornering#8/9

7

7

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Rating: Good

£154
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9

Wet Handling Measured#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Dry

Dry Braking#5/9

Dry Handling Measured#7/9

Dry Lane Change#8/9

Dry Steering Reaction#8/9

Dry Handling#9/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/9

Snow Handling Measured#1/9

Snow Handling#3/9

Snow Traction#3/9

Snow Braking Abs#9/9

8

8

Giti Gitiwinter W2

Rating: Good

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#2/9

Wet Handling#3/9

Wet Handling Measured#3/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#3/9

Dry Handling#4/9

Dry Steering Reaction#4/9

Dry Lane Change#8/9

Dry Braking#9/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#3/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Braking Abs#5/9

Snow Handling Measured#8/9

Snow Handling#9/9

9

9

Falken EuroWinter HS02 Pro

Rating: Satisfactory

£127
92 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92W · £110

Wet

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9

Wet Handling Measured#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Wet Handling#6/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#4/9

Dry Lane Change#4/9

Dry Steering Reaction#4/9

Dry Handling Measured#7/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/9

Snow Handling#1/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Snow Braking Abs#5/9

Snow Handling Measured#8/9

Above you can see the results of the Sportauto 2023 225/40 R18 test performed by Sportauto on a Audi S3 in 2023. This test was performed in 225/40 R18, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 is the best of 9 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, ). Other featured tyres include GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3, Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5, Continental WinterContact TS 870 P; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2, Nokian WR D4.

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